Canadian basketball projecting sucess for years to come

A decade ago, to hear that a Canadian would be drafted first over-all in the NBA draft would be mind blowing. This past year, Anthony Bennet of the Cleveland Cavaliers made history being drafted first over-all in the NBA draft. This major milestone sums up what Canadian basketball has evolved too and the future looks to be even more bright .

Within the next five years will be the breakthrough of Canadian basketball, as potential to have star players and players who play an important role to their respective teams are through the roof. Andrew Wiggins is the young man with the most potential as NBA analysts and experts are predicting he will be a superstar within the league. Which is quite the prediction considering he has yet to attend college. If all falls through ,Wiggins will change the face of Canadian basketball forever. With all these positive attributes coming out of Canada it is opening doors for young players who are serious about taking their game to the next level as more eyes and scouts will be surrounding Canadian talent.

Canadians athletes in the past on T.V are known for their tough and gritty hockey players, with young Canadian basketball players getting shine v.i.a most recently very popular social networks and media it is creating opportunities for the game to expand in Canada. In the 2013-2014 season, their will be 11 active players 7 of them being within their first three years of the league.

In the 2014 – 2015, it is projected that a Canadian in Andrew Wiggins will be selected first over-all and a handful of other Canadians to be drafted in the same class. To get the respect of our brother country U.S.A, Canada will have to produce multiple valuable players playing in the NBA at once. Unfortunately, Steve Nash, who was the first to become a international superstar and was former two time NBA MVP, was all by him self so his level of fame only reached a certain limit.

Steve Nash, who is a pioneer of Canadian Basketball and reached the most level of personal success as a Canadian player, is also the GM of Canada’s national basketball team and he states to the Toronto Sun, “This really is the golden age of Canadian basketball, We plan to build upon this momentum over the next three years as we look toward the 2016 Olympics and beyond. Our immediate goal is to prepare the team over the next month to be in the best possible position to secure a berth to next year’s FIBA World Cup.”

With young talent and respectable personal predictions to back it up the future is looking very bright for the athletes over in the North. Only time will tell but as a fan of the sport and as a proud Canadian on behalf of a nation this era is a great time to be a Canadian Basketball supporter and fan. Canadian talent will be a force to reckon with this decade and many to follow.